Romney says he ‘put it all on the field,’ has no regrets

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wrote a 1,118-word victory speech on Tuesday as he concluded his years long quest for the presidency claiming he had no regrets.

“I feel like we put it all on the field. We left nothing in the locker room. We fought to the very end, and I think that’s why we’ll be successful,” Romney told reporters aboard his plane as he flew from Pittsburgh to Boston, where preparations were underway for a big election night event at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel.

Romney was watching election returns in a room at the hotel where his wife, Ann, their five sons and other family members were to join him. Romney’s running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, headed for the Westin after arriving in Boston with his wife Janna and their children.

The GOP nominee had spent Election Day doing a last-minute round of campaigning in one state he’s showered with attention, Ohio, and another he’s largely ignored, Pennsylvania. After voting near his Boston-area home, Romney was betting that an eleventh-hour appeal to working-class voters in both states would help him defeat President Barack Obama.